User Manual for SENQUIP models including: ORB X1-W Sensor Connectivity Made Easy, ORB X1-W, Sensor Connectivity Made Easy, Connectivity Made Easy

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ORBC1A-Users-Manual-Senquip-2bcciorbc1a-ex-1-17
ORB User Guide
Release Read the Docs, Inc \& contributors
Sep 18, 2023

Table of Contents

List of Figures

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1 Introduction

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1.1 What is the Senquip ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 Who can use the Senquip ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.3 You can rely on the Senquip ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.4 What is included with your Senquip ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.5 Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Getting Started

9

2.1 Opening the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.2 Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.3 User Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.4 Anti Tamper Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.5 AA Battery Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.6 SIM Card Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.7 Wiring guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.8 Initial setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3 Power Supply

31

3.1 Permanent power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.2 Replaceable AA batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.3 Internal rechargeable battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.4 Power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.5 Battery life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.6 Freight Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4 General Setup

37

4.1 Measurement and Transmit Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4.2 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4.3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

5 Internal Sensors

43

5.1 Light Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5.2 Accelerometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5.3 Pressure Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

5.4 Magnetic switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

5.5 Temperature sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5.6 GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

5.7 Bluetooth Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

5.8 Internal Sensor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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6 External Sensors

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6.1 Current Source 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

6.2 Serial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

6.3 Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

6.4 Thermocouple Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

6.5 CAN Bus Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

6.6 Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.7 External Sensor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

7 Network Connection

81

7.1 Wi-Fi Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.2 4G LTE Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.3 Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.4 Connecting to a 4G LTE Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

7.5 Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8 Endpoint Setup

87

8.1 Data Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8.2 Data Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8.3 Data Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

8.4 UDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.5 HTTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.6 HTTPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.7 MQTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.8 MQTT over TLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8.9 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

9 Senquip Portal

93

9.1 Using the Senquip Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

9.2 Management and hosting on the Senquip Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

10 Mechanical Specification

107

10.1 Mechanical drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

10.2 Mechanical Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

10.3 Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

10.4 Material Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

11 Maintenance

113

11.1 Replacing the LiPo Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

12 Frequently Asked Questions

119

12.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

12.2 Senquip Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

12.3 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

12.4 GPS / GNSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

12.5 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

12.6 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

12.7 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

12.8 Scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

13 Glossary

129

Index

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List of Figures
Figure 1.1: 1 x ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 1.2: 2 x Wall and pole mounting brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 1.3: 1 x 2-hole and 1 x 3-hole gland insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Figure 1.4: 4 x M5x8mm mounting screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Figure 1.5: 1 x 3mm Allen key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Figure 1.6: 1 x Getting started guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Figure 1.7: Regulatory information including FCC ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Figure 2.1: ORB packaging with intact security seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2.2: ORB mounting points circled in red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 2.3: ORB mounting brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 2.4: Attaching the pole mount bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure 2.5: Attaching the wall mount bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 2.6: User access for the ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2.7: Six cover screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Figure 2.8: Tamper evident screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 2.9: Tamper evident screw in place on an ORB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 2.10: Correct battery placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Figure 2.11: SIM Card sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 2.12: Identifying the SIM card slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 2.13: Correct insertion of a SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Figure 2.14: Insert SIM to the right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Figure 2.15: Interface pin numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Figure 2.16: Wiring example with a sheathed cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Figure 2.17: Buttons and LEDs for setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Figure 2.18: The default passwords can be found under the lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Figure 2.19: Label with general information and passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 2.20: Search for Wi-Fi networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 2.21: Enter the Wi-Fi password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Figure 2.22: Accessing the web-server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Figure 2.23: Browsing the web-server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Figure 3.1: Typical ORB solar panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Figure 3.2: High capacity batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Figure 3.3: Entering freight mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Figure 4.1: Timing flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Figure 5.1: Definition of pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Figure 5.2: Definition of roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Figure 5.3: Definition of tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Figure 5.4: Location of magnetic switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Figure 5.5: GPS alert parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Figure 5.6: Example BLE beacons from ELA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Figure 6.1: Connecting a single loop powered device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Figure 6.2: Connection of a single externally powered 4-20mA device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Figure 6.3: Connection of a single externally powered 4-20mA device using switched power. . . . . 56
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Figure 6.4: Connection of two loop powered 4-20mA devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Figure 6.5: Equivalent circuit for inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Figure 6.6: Hysteresis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Figure 6.7: External switch connection when switch to positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Figure 6.8: External switch connection when switch to ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Figure 6.9: RPM measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Figure 6.10: Flow sensor connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Figure 6.11: Typical thermocouple polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Figure 6.12: Using the output to drive a buzzer with permanent power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Figure 6.13: Using the output and internal power to drive a buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Figure 7.1: Save changes and reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Figure 7.2: Note the IP address on your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Figure 7.3: Access via local IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Figure 8.1: Example JSON data packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Figure 8.2: Pending change where the base interval has been changed to 600 seconds . . . . . . . . . 90 Figure 9.1: Welcome to the Senquip Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Figure 9.2: View or add Senquip devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Figure 9.3: Senquip device dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Figure 9.4: Example chart showing the days temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Figure 9.5: Data visualisation in different formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Figure 9.6: Buttons to trigger remote operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Figure 9.7: Navigate to device configuration pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Figure 9.8: Dashboard with an image showing the system being monitored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Figure 9.9: Data associated with the selected device shown in a table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Figure 9.10: Remote update of device settings via the Senquip Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Figure 9.11: Remote firmware updates via the Senquip Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Figure 9.12: Configure event forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Figure 10.1: Dimensioned front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Figure 10.2: Dimensioned top view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Figure 10.3: Dimensioned front view including mounting brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Figure 10.4: Dimensioned rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Figure 10.5: IP number description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Figure 11.1: LEDs and configuration switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Figure 11.2: Remove the SIM card before opening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Figure 11.3: Removing the battery cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Figure 11.4: Orientation of Lipo Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Figure 11.5: Battery plug removed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Figure 11.6: Remove the old tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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1.1 What is the Senquip ORB

Chapter 1 Introduction

Senquip manufactures rugged, programmable telemetry devices that connect to industrial sensors and system and send the data measured to the Senquip Portal or a server of your choice. The Senquip ORB is a telemetry device designed for use in harsh outdoor environments; up a pole, on a wall or attached to a vehicle.
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Built in sensors allow measurement of supply voltage, battery voltage, time, position, speed, ambient temperature, pitch, roll and pressure. Interfaces are provided for RS232, RS485, MODBUS, CAN bus, Bluetooth, 4-20mA, pulse, frequency, and voltage. Antennas, the typical failure point in a telemetry system are all internal.
Data measured by the Senquip ORB is transmitted to the internet via Wi-Fi or 4G LTE4 and can be delivered to the Senquip Portal or to your own server or SCADA system.
Power is supplied with replaceable AA batteries, solar, or with 10V to 75V DC. If a solar panel is used, an internal LiPo battery will keep the device powered during periods without sunlight.
Senquip telemetry devices are programmable with JavaScript. Users can write their own scripts to manipulate data, create combinational alerts, execute local control, or create customised payloads for sending to 3rd party servers.
Typical markets include mining, utilities, and transport.

1.2 Who can use the Senquip ORB
The extensive array of in-built sensors, ability to interface to any industrial sensor or system, programmability, versatile power supply and rugged enclosure mean that the Senquip ORB can be used in a wide variety of applications across many industries. Typical applications are found in:
Mining, monitoring plant and equipment such as lighting plants, pumps, water tankers and more. Measure utilisation, location, fuel level, engine speed, temperature and more to ensure reliability and optimal performance.
Water Services, ensuring that drinking water is of the highest possible quality. Detection of chemical leaks in factories and in water treatment plants. Measure level, flow, temperature, pH, chemical makeup and more.
Fleet, connecting to the vehicle and load to provide more than just telematics. Interface to CAN-bus and other available sensors on a vehicle.
Smart Cities, measuring temperature, sound, asset utilisation, service delivery and other parameters to enhance the daily lives of citizens.
Environment, monitoring air-quality pollution, dust and pollen levels to provide early warnings and improve the health of local populations.
Emergency Services, monitoring of water levels and other environmental factors to provide early warning of flood, fire and other natural disasters.
Industrial Installations, interface to sensors using industry standard protocols like 4-20mA, voltage, MODBUS, and RS232.
Agriculture, soil and water monitoring to ensure fast growing, high quality crops and maximum yield.
Aquaculture, measuring water quality and temperature to ensure optimum growth and health of fish populations.
Health Services, monitoring of fridges to ensure safe storage of temperature sensitive medicines.

1.3 You can rely on the Senquip ORB
The Senquip ORB has been designed from the ground up to offer a reliable, capable, flexible and secure remote monitoring platform for industrial users. Reliability, the Senquip ORB has been designed for use in challenging environments where reliability is paramount. Where other devices fail, the Senquip ORB will continue to deliver data, reducing overall cost of ownership and an enhanced user experience. Capability, the Senquip ORB has more on-board monitoring, allows connection to more external

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Chapter 1. Introduction


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